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The spine that forgot it also needs to bend sometimes.
means A fixed unwillingness or inability to change, adapt, or compromise.
from From Latin flectere, 'to bend,' with the negative in- and noun suffix -ity bolted on. The same root gives us 'flex' and 'flexible' — so inflexibility is literally the state of having lost, or never had, the capacity to bend. Flectere itself traces back to a Proto-Indo-European sense of bending or turning, the same deep root that quietly shows up in words about curves and twists across the Latin family.
- origin
- from latin flectere, to bend, plus not
- paradox
- rigid systems break where flexible ones just sway
- workplace version
- mistaken for integrity, actually just fear of change
- opposite trap
- too much flexibility just means no principles